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St. Petersburg City Council members get their first official crack at weighing in on a proposal to replace Tropicana Field and redevelop the land around it on Thursday. City officials have prepared a 113-page presentation complete with filled-out documents that provide the City Council with more details about the ballpark and the surrounding redevelopment known as the Historic Gas Plant ...

ST. PETERSBURG — Everything the Rays say about their planned new stadium in downtown St. Petersburg most likely won’t come true. As with other new sports facilities, especially with a significant public funding component, there will be projections, predictions and promises of economic growth, job creation and tourism increases. Supporters will tout the numbers, critics will trash them and ...

ST. PETERSBURG — Shane McClanahan woke up Friday morning feeling like he was in a “good spot” physically and mentally after being pulled in the fourth inning of Thursday’s game with “mid-back tightness.” Still, the Rays are likely to push back the ace left-hander’s next start a few days. “Definitely in a better spot than (Thursday),” McClanahan said before Friday’s game against the Royals at ...

ST. PETERSBURG — Let’s be clear about what’s going on here: Wander Franco did not get benched simply because he jogged to first on a grounder. It isn’t about slamming down a bat or a random dugout hissy fit. The incidents you might have seen on TV or glimpsed from the bleachers are part of the story, but not the driving force. The Rays took the dramatic step of telling their most valuable ...

The ball game is over! >> after his two-run homer in the eighth, hunter renfroe, my maam, throws out, trying for a triple. look at that gun from the deep center field. thats the final. red sox beat the rays, 2-1. boston takes the lead for the american east wild-card spot. now to the u.s. open. in the first quarter round with hardly any americans left. while a disappointment, it makes no difference for top ranked novak djokovic who takes his grand slam bid into the semifinals. he is now two w...

ST. PETERSBURG — The Rays came back a lot Wednesday, surviving the mess Shane McClanahan made at the start and overcoming two other multi-run deficits to get to the 11th inning against the Nationals. But they still came up short, losing 9-7. Diego Castillo gave up the decisive runs, on a first-pitch double to Starlin Castro, a bunt single and a sacrifice fly. And the Rays hitters, after ...

NEW YORK — There are a number of reasons the Rays were able to turn around their season, accelerating from a disappointing 13-15 first month to a majors-best 35-20 at the end of the second before going into the weekend 36-22. “I don’t know if there is a particular thing,” manager Kevin Cash said during a franchise-best 16-1 stretch, noting the Rays’ strong pitching, solid defense and improved ...

NEW YORK — There was plenty for the Rays to be frustrated about in Wednesday’s second straight loss to the Yankees, another down-to-the-final-pitch thriller with a 4-3 final score. The inefficiency of their offense, going 1-for-11 with runners in scoring position and striking out 10 times (four by Randy Arozarena). A pair of admitted mistakes by Mike Brosseau, one in the field preceding a ...

NEW YORK — As odd as it may seem given recent history, there was a time, not long ago, when the Rays-Yankees series was lopsided the other direction. Back when the Rays weren’t winning 75 percent of their regular season games, claiming ownership stakes in Yankee Stadium and sending the Bronx Bombers home from the playoffs. 2019 to be exact, when the Yankees won the season series for the fifth ...

ST. PETERSBURG — For only the fourth time in franchise history, the Rays have a scheduled off day on a Friday. Following Thursday’s 7-2 victory against the Royals, the Rays can catch their breath before beginning a two-game series Saturday against the Phillies at Tropicana Field, then starting a seven-game road trip on Memorial Day against the Yankees. “It is strange (to be off Friday), but ...